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A worth-the-investment couch must be as inviting to sit in as it is comfy. It's a WFH break spot, or just a WFH office. It's gotta be comfortable for your weeknight binge watching or curling up with a book on the weekend. It's gotta be functional and fit your room’s square footage. And most importantly of all, it's gotta look like a million bucks. If there’s a couch that checks all these, we call that couch a luxury couch.

As for where to buy that luxury sofa, we also have some pointers with our picks of luxury furniture brands. We’ve searched through them all to curate a list of the 27 best luxury sofas that are built to last the long haul, a beauty to look at, and can tie your room—regardless the design style—together. From sectionals for big rooms to two-or-three-seaters for tighter spaces, our favorite picks stand out as both home décor and the ultimate lounge spot. No matter the room it's in, one luxury sofa below will become the new centerpiece.

The Warren Couch

Maiden Home's Warren couch is made with back-to-seat proportions that are optimized for lounging. You can keep the shape of the couch but pick out the perfect fabric for you. The colors are neutral and go well with the vast fabric options, including performance tweed, linen, and velvet. ("Performance" fabric generally just means that it is easy to clean.) Plus, the brand is committed to sustainability with its ethically sourced materials, and it's only made-to-order, so they don't have an excess of wasted stock.

Remi 3-Piece Modular Sofa

West Elm's furniture makes all of the design decisions for you. The Remi couch is big, beautiful, and easy to collapse on. It sits low to the ground and has sharp, boxy lines that make it look like you really know how to shop for couches. The seats are extra deep, too, which everybody knows makes for the comfiest lounging.

Union 5-Seat Sectional

An Esquire Home Awards winner, Burrow's union sectional is everything an investment couch should be. It's easy to lounge on, easy to sleep on, and just easy to live on.

Sink Down Sectional

Floyd's look and feel is investment-piece worthy, but it doesn't look or feel like it should belong in some stuffy estate's living room. It's designed to be played with and is even durable enough for kids to jump on. Keep it as a two-seater or expand it to three, turn it into a chaise sectional, it's all up to you. It's big and comfy—a couch you want to sleep on, a couch you'll want to keep forever.

Hada Armless Leather Sofa

Come for the interpretation of clean, rounded Italian modernism, stick around for the soft leather and deep seat. This couch is a beautiful piece of design, but it's also highly practical and seriously comfortable. That's real luxury.

Crowd Pleaser Sofa With Bumper

Sometimes, a space calls for a one-sided sofa. This is "no, actually it's not a chaise" territory—a tricky proposition. It can be tough to find good, consistent options, but we love Benchmade's Crowd Pleaser shape. Simple, comfortable, and available in a suite of swatches, it's an incredibly easy option.

Fabienne Sofa

The shitty thing about buying new sofas on the internet is that the look can get a bit homogenous. Clean, sharp lines and minimal detail—prefab luxury. Now listen... We're not saying this Lulu and Georgia sofa is a huge deviation from that, but the carved legs give it an antique feel that no other sofa on this list has. The shape is simple and modern, but the legs give it just enough interest.

Hamilton Chaise Sectional Sofa

We're really into the round chaise on this Castlery sectional. (We've raved about it elsewhere). The short of it is that it's just a shape you don't see often, but it's surprisingly livable. There's more space than on a traditional sectional chaise, and it's more fun to curl up on. A winner in our book!

Greta Recycled Leather XL Sleeper Sofa

These floor couches get mocked online, but we think that's a bit unfair. They're unpretentious and comfy, but they're a lot more sophisticated than a floor mattress. Urban Outfitters makes a great option in a vegan leather that feels as nice as the real stuff. If you're in a small apartment, or just like the look, we say go for it!

Quilton Sofa

HAY's Quilton is, first and foremost, extremely comfortable. The dimensions are generous, so there's a lot of couch to lay into. But there's also the option to mix and match with the complementing sectional. Go monochrome, or get them in two colors to really lean into the fun, contemporary look.

Arlo 88" Leather Sofa

A leather couch looks inviting, classic-looking, and perfect for a lazy day in. This one will look especially inviting with fun throw pillows and cool blankets. Oh! And it's a limited release. So if you like it, you better buy now.

Movie Night™ 4-Piece Modular Sectional

Sundays is known for a laid-back personality which works well for similarly themed rooms. Its Movie Night sofa has a plush cloud-like feel similar to the $10k-costing, celebrity-favorite cloud couch by Restoration Hardware. Thus, it belongs somewhere in a famous star's house, or the house that you pretend is owned by a famous star—you.

Olivia Sleeper Sofa

APT2B's vibe is streamlined, warm, and often leans toward less-is-more. Its sleeper sofa is exactly all three. It has clean lines, comes with breathable fabrics and supportive cushions, and features quite a few color options. Then, it opens up into a little bed your guests won't mind sleeping on.

Park Sofa

Albany Park's sofas are a solid initial step into higher-end sofas. A futon update, for example. The Park Sofa is big, comfy, and mid-century simple, which means it can keep working for the room even if the style around it changes. The charcoal colorway is a little safe and subtle, but there are also daring colors like olive and mustard for something more out there.

Outline Sofa

Design Within Reach—not the price—has been all over the place for those into decor trends. The brand sources great pieces from designers and streamlines them online, like this Outline couch whose upholstery-to-leg proportion might seem kind of off, but that's exactly how it manages to look so good.

Mario Bellini Sectional Sofa

Am I gonna put my butt on there? Yes, you are. But first, tame your fear by looking at customer review pictures of the Mario Bellini—all read big and comfy, and somehow works for every interior design genre. Since it's modular, there's also endless possibilities to structure it.

Cameron Square Arm Leather Sofa

When in doubt, go to Pottery Barn. It makes high-quality stuff with a timeless aesthetic. A deep brown leather couch is the pinnacle of fancy seating. The shorter size on this silhouette works in small spaces.

The Essential Sofa

For a sofa to look and feel luxurious, velvet is the fabric to go for. And Sabai Design makes its super-soft velvety Essential Sofa that you could use in every room. It's also designed wide arms and removable back cushions. Plus, Sabai uses recycled and upcylced materials so you can live in luxury without the guilt.

N701 3-Seater Sofa

Some pieces of furniture are meant for reading magazines, ahem, and this is one of them. This three-seat couch has the feel of an oversized recliner, which takes up more room but also means you can take up more room. The warm beige works like a neutral but with a deeper dimension to it than stark neutrals.

Maxwell Fabric Custom Sofa

Maxwell is for Karens and Kens who won't stop pratlling about how they don't have the dream couch. It's personalizable with over 100 fabrics to 18 styles of legs to size, depth, cushions, fill. Play with it a bit and you'll get midcentury sofa to contemporary loveseat. This one is what we got. You might get something that looks even better.

Rhys Two-Cushion Sofa

It won't be your main seating, but it'll sure look nice on your second floor common area. This couch stands out because of its bright, solid maple legs, which give the piece a light, airy feel rather than it seeming dark and dense. The fabric can be made to order; there are light and dark gray hues in cotton, boucle, and two types of linen.

Bergen Three Piece Modular Sofa

There are many ways to be luxurious, but a good rule of thumb is simplicity. Luxury couches just don't try too hard. They have solid construction and a few details to make them feel special, like the dramatic length and wing back of Arhaus' Bergen. It's the kind of grandeur a throne might have, only except it's a couch and you don't have to rule over anyone.

Colette Performance Velvet Sofa

One the wild side—you gotta admit, the swinging 60's was kind of wild—this curvy couch nods to the vintage retro decor. It looks sophisticated despite being simple, photoshoot-ready despite being suburban-friendly. And the performance fabric is water- and stain-repellant, so it'll last you, your pets, and your kids.

Mid-Century Velvet Tufted Low Back Sofa

You might be averse to starting a guest conversation with "Oh I got this couch from Amazon," but the site does have some great finds, like this velvet sofa that adds great texture to rooms without you having to do too much. A velvet gray especially goes well with other pieces you might already own. Metals and woods of all kinds welcome.

Edgewater Sofa

Using a West Coast, Palm Beach backdrop might not sound immediately luxurious, but Serena & Lily's breezy Californian, 1930's-inspired Edgewater couch can change that around. This all-natural sofa comes in a curvy silhouette and is detailed with no angle but elegant lines. It also makes for a killer outdoor addition.

Milo Moss Green Velvet Sofa

Now, some bright stuff. Moss green painted around clean lines, supported by wooden frame, and all wrapped around a mid-century modern shape. The Milo is seat-worthy, heirloom-worthy, nap-worthy, office-worthy, and putting-your-bare-ass-on-it-worthy.

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